Fruit-jar.



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

DORA. RAY, OF TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA.

FRUIT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,260, dated October14, 1902.

Application iiled January 30,1902. Serial No. 91,882. (No model.) y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DORA RAY, a citizen of the United States of America,residing at Tarentum, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFruit-J ars, of which the following is a specication, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infruit-jars, and has for its object a device of this character which willeifectually exclude all air from gaining ingress to the contents,thereby spoiling the same. y

My invention has for its further object a fruit-jar in which the top orcover proper shall be held into engagement with the upper portion of theneck of the jar in a manner that will eect a sealing contact between theneck and the top.

My invention further resides in the novel details of construction andcombination of parts to be hereinafter more clearly described, and fullyset forth in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews,in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken ou the line@c of Fig. 2, showing my invention applied to the fruit-jar. Fig. 2 isaside elevation thereof.

The fruit-jar (designated by the referencenumeral 1) carries the usualneck portion 2, at the upper extremity thereof being formed an integralannular bead 3, adapted for engagement with and to limit the upwardmovement of the binding-wire 4, which has its ends twisted, as at 5, inorder to effect a secure engagement with the periphery of the neck ofthe jar. As shown at (3 6, this wire has a series of coils orconvolutions formed thereon at points diametrically opposite oneanother, receiving the down wardly-extending ends 7 of the fasteningmeans. The fastening means comprise an integral wire which is bentupwardly from the ends 7 in'a substantially transverse directionthereto, the wire then having the coil formed thereon, as

at 8, forming the eye. The wire is then bent into a substantiallysemicircular form, as indicated at 9, which semicircular portion lies ina plane transversely to that assumed by the upwardly-extending ends ofthe fastening means.

Secured in the eye 8 are inwardly-extending ends 11, formed integralwith the fastener proper, 12. This fastener at its upper end is boweddownwardly, as shown at 13, and engages in the seat or notch 14, formedin the upper end of the integral rubber boss 15, which is interposedbetween the depending portion of the fastener proper and the upper faceof the jar closure or top 16. Formed integral with the interior of theneck of the jar are two suitably-spaced annular interior anges 17 18,the upper one, 17, receiving the rubbergasket or washer 19, adapted forengagement with the under face of the jar closure or top 16, therebyeffecting a sealing contact therewith. The second iiange, 18, receivesupon its upper face an annular disk 20, which may be suitably waxed orotherwise oiled in order to render the same impervious to the action ofthe fruit or other preserved substance. It will be noted that this diskis of sufficient rigidity to retain its relative position in relation tothe interior of the jar-neck, with which it forms a sealing contact.

It will be noted that the under face of the jar-closure 16 is cut away,asshown at 21, forming a shoulder 22, which engages with the upperinterior edge of the neck of the jar. After the fruit or other substanceto be preserved has been placedin the jar the waxed or oiled disk 20 isplaced upon the iiange 18 and is in engagement with the upper facethereof, as well as the interior of the neck of the jar. The gasket orrubber washer 19 is then placed similarly upon the upper face of theflange 17, and the jar top or closure 16 is then placed in position, theconvexed face of which engages with the interior of the upper inner edgeof the gasket or washer. The jar is then in condition to receive therubber boss 15, which is engaged by the depending portion 13 of thefastener proper in its seat, and the semicircular portion 9 is thenpressed downwardly, which will cause the boss 15 to become seated uponthe upper face of the jar-closure 16 and retain the same in sealingcontact with the upper end of the neck of the jar.

While I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings the boss as beingof a substantially square shape, still I do not wish to limit myself tothe particular contour of the such minor changes may be made in thedetails of construction and combination of parts without departing fromthe general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what i I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters- Patent, is-- In a fruitjar or the like, thecombination with the gasket supported on the interior of the j ar-neck,of a jar-closure having a convex under face'engaging said gasket, andmeans for securing the j ar-closure in sealing contact with said gasketcomprising a wire encircling the jar-neck and secured thereto andcarrying eyes having a lever secured therein, a bail having adownwardly-bowed portion, and a notched rubber boss engaging the saidbowed portion of the fastener proper and seated on the upper face of thejar-closure.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

DORA RAY. Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

